Original U.S. Civil War Era Cooper Double Action Pocket Percussion Revolver - Matching Serial 4721 French Artwork & Posters This accounts for a lot

This accounts for a lot of variations in styles

In his later years

The left of the blade is marked RIA / 1917 with an ordnance bomb

1940 (Heft 24)

and World War II

Original U.S. Civil War Era Cooper Double Action Pocket Percussion Revolver - Matching Serial 4721 French Artwork & Posters This accounts for a lotOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely Civil War Era Pocket Percussion Revolver, made by the COOPER FIREARMS MFG. CO.. The company was a competitor of Samuel Colt, and introduced this very neat DOUBLE ACTION Pocket Percussion Revolver to compete with the Colt 1849 Pocket Model Revolver. The striking advantage to the Cooper was it's ability to shot from both single action and double action, doing away with having to re cock the revolver